Memorial

Garden of Remembrance 1939-45 School

Pelton

Memorial Name: Garden of Remembrance 1939-45 School (P26.04)

NEWMP Ref No.: P26.04

Parish: Pelton

Original Location:

Pelton Secondary School (closed and demolished)
Quadrangle

Present Location:

Gone

Which War:

1939-45

Dedication, Creation or Publication date:

Dedicated Wednesday 12th October 1949.

Memorial Description:

Garden of Remembrance.

Names:

None.
20 names, dates of death and regiments taken from the Dedication Service.
Plus 2 names only
See transcript.

Notes:

1. The Secondary School opened in May 1931. When the new Comprehensive School was built at Pelton Roseberry, the Junior School moved into the former Senior School, the Infants moved into the former Junior School, and a nursery was opened where the Infants had been. A new primary school was built on the site in 2005.

2. The list of names on the Garden of Remembrance Dedication programme in 1949 differs from the names on the stone’s Dedication Programme 1950 P26.10  
Missing in 1949 are J.W. Evans; N. Goundry; J. Hall; G. Harrison (instead of J. Harrison); G.R. Nesbitt; R. Wilson

Sources:

From Abacus to Internet: Pelton Schools 1909-2005; Dorothy A. Rand pages 76-77. Published by the School

Additional Research Documents

P26.04 Unveiling Programme 1949

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Research Acknowledgements:

Dorothy Hall;
John McGarey

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Names Documents:

PELTON   Modern School

 

This list is taken from the Unveiling Programme.

 

   Roll of Honour

   Name           Date Deceased     Regt

 

   R. Scarth      4th Oct., 1939    Northum. Huss.

   J.D. Hogden    27th Sept., 1941  R.A.F.

   J.H. Liddle    5th June, 1942    D.L.I.

   G. Nicholson   6th July. 1942    R.N.

   R. Hall        11th Aug., 1942   R.N.

   R. Cockburn    1st Oct., 1942    Royal Art.

   J. Turnbull    2nd Oct., 1942    Royal Engers.

   R. Gordon     2nd Nov., 1942    D.L.I.

   L. Shaw        28th Nov., 1942   R.A.F.

   J. Little      7th Dec., 1942    R.A.F.

   G. Mason       24th Apr., 1943   Royal Engins.

   F. Oakes       11th May, 1943    D.L.I.

   F. Carradus    15th June, 1944   Yorks L. Inf.

   T. Samms       4th July, 1944    D.L.I.

   F. Brown       6th Feb., 1945    R.E.C.C.E.

   J.G. Lynch     25th Feb., 1945   R.A.F.

   J. Hardy       29th Mar., 1945   R.A.F.

   R. Kelly       1st Apr., 1945    R.N.

   A.S. Gray      7th Apr., 1945    Parachute Reg.

   P. Gray        15th Apr., 1945   North. Fuss.

 

   J. Harrison        G. Frost

 

The list of names on the Garden of Remembrance Dedication programme in 1949 differs from the names on the stone's Dedication Programme 1950 P26.10 

Missing in 1949 are J.W. Evans; N. Goundry; J. Hall; G. Harrison (instead of J. Harrison); G.R. Nesbitt; R. Wilson

NamesP26.04      

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